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About Vortex

A local practice,
built the careful way.

Vortex Hormones provides physician-directed hormone optimization, advanced laboratory testing and personalized treatment for men and women in Cumming, Georgia.

Hormone care has become a crowded market. Much of it is delivered by companies that describe themselves as technology platforms rather than clinics, where a short online form produces an automatic prescription, a monthly shipment follows, and nobody ever checks whether it worked.

Vortex was built to work the other way. Treatment follows a medical evaluation and laboratory data. When prescription therapy is appropriate, patients have access to a licensed pharmacy at the same Cumming location. Follow-up testing and clinician monitoring are how the plan gets adjusted over time.

Physician-directed care with pharmacy access under one roof.

How we practise

Four commitments.

These are the rules the practice is built on, and the reason some things you will find on competitor sites are absent here.

  • Evaluate before you treat Laboratory data and a clinical history come first. A questionnaire is not an evaluation, and a symptom is not a diagnosis.
  • Say what is actually known Where evidence is strong, we will tell you. Where it is thin, we will tell you that too, rather than dressing it up as certainty.
  • Keep the loop closed Follow-up testing and clinician review are part of the plan. Clinical oversight does not stop when the prescription is written.
  • Be reachable One location, a phone number that a person answers, and clinicians you can name.

Where we serve

Cumming, Forsyth County and North Georgia.

Our practice is at 907 Buford Rd #600 in Cumming, and patients travel to us from across Forsyth County and the surrounding North Georgia communities — Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Suwanee, Dawsonville, Milton and Gainesville among them. Being local is part of the point: your labs, your prescription and your follow-up are all in one place, at an address you can drive to.

Clinical team

Who you will be working with.

Emergency Medicine Physician

Kenneth Rice, MD

Kenneth Rice, MD is a board-certified emergency medicine physician with extensive experience across emergency medicine, urgent care, telehealth, medical weight management and hormone replacement therapy. His clinical background gives him a broad perspective on the relationship between metabolic health, hormones, symptoms and long-term wellness.

Physician Assistant

Bhavin Patel, PA

Bhavin Patel, PA is an experienced Physician Assistant with approximately 25 years in clinical practice. His background includes patient-centered medical care in Georgia and training through Drexel University.

How treatment works

Six steps, and none of them are guesswork.

Every patient follows the same clinical path. What changes is what the data says about you.

  1. Step 01 — Consult

    Tell us what you’re experiencing and what you’d like to improve.

  2. Step 02 — Test

    Laboratory testing gives your clinician objective data to evaluate alongside symptoms and medical history.

  3. Step 03 — Review

    Your clinician reviews your results and discusses appropriate treatment options.

  4. Step 04 — Treat

    If prescription treatment is appropriate, your plan is personalized around your medical needs.

  5. Step 05 — Dispense

    Patients have access to a licensed pharmacy at the same Cumming location.

  6. Step 06 — Monitor

    Follow-up testing and clinician monitoring help guide adjustments over time.

Start here

Feel like yourself again.

A consultation is a conversation about what you are experiencing and what the data says. No obligation, no pressure, and no treatment before an evaluation.

907 Buford Rd #600 · Cumming, GA 30041

Visit us

A real practice, at a real address.

Vortex Hormones is located in Cumming, Georgia, serving Forsyth County and the surrounding North Georgia communities — including Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Suwanee and Dawsonville.

907 Buford Rd #600 Cumming, GA 30041 470-239-3974